Burner and radiant support for gas heaters



W. W. HOLLOWAY ET AL BURNE AND RADIAT SUPPORT FOR GAS HEATERS Filed July 26. 1922 NN uw.

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Patented lfflar. lll, 1924i.

batuta@ FWS@ WILLIAM HO'LLOWAX, F WHEELING, WEST VIRGIQFIA, AND HENRY KELBERG, GF MARTINS FERRY, OHIO, ASSIGNGRS TD *WHITAKER-GLESSNER COI/NY, 0F WHEELING, TEST VIRGNIA, A CORFURATION OF i/EST VIRGINIA.

BURNER .AND RADIANT SUPPORT .FOR GASHEATERS.

Application filed July 26, 1922.

To all 'whom t may concem.'

Be it known that We, WILLIAM W. HOLLO- WAY and HENRY KIELBERG, `citizens of the United States of America, and residents,

5 respectively, of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and State of lNest Virginia, and Martins Ferry, county of Belmont, and State of Ohio, have invented certain neu7 and useful Improvements in lurners and Radiant i Supports for Gas Heaters, of Which the fol` lowing is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to gas stoves or heaters or" the radiant type, and more specifically to a gas burner and radiant support for such heaters.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a. gas burner for heating stoves having simple, inexpensive and novel means of support which provide for convenient and quiclr introduction of said burner in assembling the stove.

A further object is to provide a radiant support which also serves as a support for one end of the burner.

In describing the invention in detail, reterence is herein had to the accompanying drawing, in Which-- Figure 1 is a partial horizontal section of a radiant heater embodying the present invention, the latter being shown in top plan; and

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional elevation of the same.

Referring to said drawing', 1 indicates the rear Wall, and 2 the side Walls of a sheet-metal stove casing. Attached to said side walls at a suitable elevation, as by means oi bolts 3, are the opposite flanged ends ot a horizontally disposed sheetmetal plate 5 which constitutes a seat or support upon which rest the bases or a plurality or radiant tubes, or radiante 6, of the usual tire clay type adapted to become incandescent When heated. The rear edge of said radiant support 5 is also preterab-ly provided with a flange 7 which is attached to the rear casing Wall 1, as by means of one or more bolts 8. Said radiant support is provided with a plurality of alined apertures 9, preferably rectangular in form, about Which the lower ends of the radiante 6 seat and through which the combustible mixture of gas and air -troni the gas burner passes to said radiante.

Serial No. 577,724.

It is designed that the radiante shall be disposed, as ordinarily, in abutting relation. Vertice-ily disposed tongues or lugs 10 are struck up from the metal of the radiant support in forming the apertures 9, the saine occupying positions at the front and rear sides of said openings, as shown, and forming bracing elements whereby the radiante are firmly retained against shifting movement, said radiante being adapted for receiving said lugs in close seating relation to the lower ends of the front and rear Walls thereof.

Located underneath the radiant support 5 is a gas burner which has the ,form and construction disclosed in our co-pending application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 577,723, the same comprising a sheet-metal casing 11 having a horizontal top 12 With a plurality of burner grids 13 mounted thereon in alined and spaced relation, and an induction nozzle or tube 14 leading into the interior of said casing 11 through an end thereof. Said burner is supported in a position in which the grids 13 directly underlie the apertures 9, as shown.

The burner has its inlet end rigidly supported by the adjacent side wall 2 oi' the stove casing. The outer end of the induction tube 14, which is closely fitted Within the adjacent end of the burner casing, is preferably flared into approximately bell shape and is provided With an annular flange 15 which is attached, as by screws or bolts 16, to the inner side of the side Wall 2 in encircling relation to an opening 19 provided in said side Wall. A cap 17 having an annular outwardly directed flange 17a is also mounted exteriorly of the side wall 2 by means of said bolts 1G, the same having openings 22 for the admission of air. A gas-conducting pipe or nipple 20 is directed centrally through said cap 17 and the opening 19 and is rigidly mounted in the former. A disk-like airregulat ing valve 21 threaded upon said nipple 2O is adjustable toward and away from the ilange 17"L of the cap 17 to control the volume of air admitted through the openings 22 and 19 for mixing With the gas admitted to the burner through said nipple.

The end 23 of the burner casing located opposite the inlet end ot the latter is permanently fixed and has an integral tongue 24 Which first rises vertically to a suitable elevation above the top of the burner and thence extends horizontally toward the adjacent side Wall 2 of the stove casing. The tongue 24 constitutes a hanger by which the adjacent end of the burner is suspended from the radiant support 5, said tongue be-V ing directed through a suitable elongated opening 25 provided therefor in said radiant support and having the laterally directed horizontal end thereof resting upon said radiant support, as shown.

In mounting the burner in place, the tongue 24 is first introduced through the opening 25 and disposed in seated position on the radiant support, following Which the opposite end of the burner casing, With the induction tube 14 attached thereto,'is slipped into place and bolted to the casing, the necessary longitudinal sliding movement being allowed by the length of the opening 25 through which the tongue 24 is directed.

It is thought that the advantages of the forms, relative arrangement and supporting means or mountings of the radiant support and burner hereinbelore described are readily apparent Without further explanation.

What is claimed is- In a radiant heater, the combination With for directing gas upward through said apertures, an induction tube upon which the inlet end of said burner is carried and Which is detachably mounted uponV said casing, and a laterally disposed tongue carried by the opposite end of said burner above the level of said top and disposed in seated relation to said radiant support whereby said end of the burner is supported, said tongue being projected throughv the elongated opening of said support and being movable along said opening in positioning said burner.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of tw'o Witnesses.

G. O. SMITH, I-I. E. DUNLAP. 

